Patience is necessary to breed and gently care for the Angora rabbits. The manufacture of the wool; the spinning and dyeing all takes its own unhurried time.
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The complicated techniques are mastered; the steps for weaving are delicate. It’s a labour of passion. The result is both soft and durable at the same time.
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As Aristotle said.
Edweave follows this idea, with all the work expressing the nature of this simple
and sincere expression.
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Weaving on a traditional hand loom fully respects the Angora wool, which by its delicacy, is difficult to exploit using industrial weaving. Angora wool requires, and deserves, great attention to detail.
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The wool can be woven in different patterns and can be plain, tartan of two to six colours, with one or more borders, or patterned.
A chemist by profession, one day, Edwige decided to change her life so that it corresponded to her profound values. Without having a specific project, she left work, her adopted area and her friends...
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Returning to where her family lived, she’s fascinated by her niece's loom in her living room. Textiles have always held a passion for her so she decides to learn how to use it.
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She wakes one morning with an idea in mind: weaving Angora wool.
It becomes her obsession and the talk of her family. She has always seen her mother and aunts knitting by her during the coldest winter hours.
